The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-10

you have to sell dead low. Yet
your County Commissioners stead
lily increasing. the pay of county of.
ficers, and all other expenses. Talk
about Court House rings, there
seems to be circle somewhere now,
s.I.sza i FARMER.
Reducesthef sarplusl is the war
cry for 1888. The Democratic party
alone can do this. The Republican
party is the party of the corporal
ions and monopohesLtKe children
of a high protective tariff. They
stpp its mouth with dollars and it is
dumb on the subject of the surplus.
The D Democratic party is the party
Ilof the people. who. cry cry for lover
taxes They are tire tired Of taxing
themselves to fatten mono poles and
Ifll up the vaults Of tie United
Estates. Treasury with, idle money
until the conmerciaI Interests of
the country are in serious trouble!
The Republican party's principle
of high protection forbids it reduc-
ing the surplus, unless it would
sqtiander it as it has done in the
past; the Democratic party's plat
form for lower taxes naturally
points to reduction of the surplus.
All the country asks of the Demo-
crazy is that it stick to it's platform
and uphold its principles. This
must be done; the peOpls demand
it And while. the Republicans are
attempting to hide the real issues
by spreading over them the bloody
shirt, which is entirely too short,
and dazzling the country's eyes
with. rebel-fag red fire, the Demo
Gratis must grasp those issues and
keep their standard floating over the
White " ttf,. House,-Rsgfster.
In theirattempt toirepresent the
Administration as y unfriendly to
Union Soldiers, Republicans do not
scruple to attack and inalign Gen
erai Black, the Commissioner ofPen
sions-a gallant Union veteran
whose body bears the scars of eleven
wounds received in battle. The
fact that General Black is Demo
GRAFT might perhaps be overlooked if
not forgiven by the bloody-shirt
screamers, but that the Pension
Office under his administration
should during the past year have
exceeded the best record of yearly
pension grants ever made by Re-
publican officials by over five thous-
and cases, is an offense against the
Republican party and a reflection
upon the efficiency of it's pension
officers and the sincerely of,its
professions of exclusive love for the
Nations heroic defenders, that. can
not be condoned and can never be
forgotten. Fl i
amir ( I
3 A Number of Democratic papers
are already bringing out candidates
for State offices and Congress in
West Virginia. Although a little
early, we suppose discussion ofthe
claims and strong points of different
gentlemen can do no harm. In this
way the party can find out who its
best men are, and there must be no
mistake Emade in the selection of
candidates next year, particularly
for the soficetof Governor. SO trot
out youf5men, and see what timber
there lis in the. Stats.-TnE 4sttFg
litt''ffsgeSS,I ,va9 y sasllis ed bsE sUz
IA lFslitIIf6I aaRap HSnOFea on
bad GS9d sysaCer. reifssssfGi.aba /
h. Tiwentyesix0 years ago to-day,
about one. o'clock in the. afternoon,
John J. Jackson received his COM
mission as Judge of the West Vir-
ginia District of the United States
Court, tfrom the hands of President
Lincoln. For twenty-six years he
has discharged the duties of his
high public office with an ability
that has made him well known as
the equal of any q. S. Judge in
America. His first term of court
was opened August i24th, 1851.
The interestseof Uncle Sam in this
district would be st1bseryed If Judge
Jackson could be held in that posi-
ton in in erPetpity w7tStqte journal.
'd Mr.. Bias, of Guydndotte is circn-
lating anpaper to be signed by the
people, petitioning the Governor to
reprieve his son, Wilbur, who killed
Ed. Starkey at Mercer's Bottom,
last fall. He was sentenced to serve
Lone year in the State Penitentiary.
The paper is being signed quite .ex-
tensively .-,Huntihgton Gazette. -
Eis.Senator.Kenna, of this State, will
address the old, soldiers at the ex-
Confederate reunion Mexico, Mis-
souri,, September IA next.